Some of the biggest fears that exist for parents today is a distracted driver injuring their son or daughter at bus stops. As cell phones and other gadgets have an increasing influence in our lives, they can also lead to drivers becoming less attentive on the road. This can be a deadly mix, especially early in the morning near bus…

Hotels owners are required by law to keep their hotel premises in a reasonably safe condition and to warn guests about any hazards that are created by the hotel or are ongoing, such as wet floors or electrical work. Premises Liability in Pittsburgh, PA As in other buildings, the risk of fire in a hotel is always present in some…

While it is clear how drinking and driving can affect your life, people guilty of the egregious act tend to forget that it can also have a profound effect on the lives of others. These others can be passengers, other motorists on the road, or pedestrians. Pedestrian Accidents Can Be Deadly Unfortunately, it was a pedestrian who recently lost their…

When we go about our lives, we do so with the assumption that most other people are not interested in harming us – and that if someone is, the businesses and other places we visit will have the tools in place to spot, prevent, or stop crime from causing serious harm. When a business fails to meet this responsibility, however,…

Like many businesses, hotels serve the public. Since a hotel provides services that differ in key ways from many other businesses, however, their responsibilities to guests differ as well. Hotels have certain legal duties toward their guests. These include a duty to use reasonable care to protect guests from injuries, including the responsibility to address reasonably foreseeable risks – either…

RSD, which stands for reflex sympathetic dystrophy is a form of complex regional pain syndrome. Both complex regional pain syndrome and RSD are commonly associated with disease, surgery on a limb, or following traumatic personal injury cases (such as after a serious motor vehicle accident). The pain is characterized as constant, extremely intense and out of proportion to the original injury. That pain is…